Summer gold medalist cheers on Kyle Carr

Barbara Jones Slater made history in running shoes, not speed skates, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. She was-and still is-the youngest female to win an Olympic gold medal in track & field. She was 15.

Barbara Jones Slater made history in running shoes, not speed skates, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
She was-and still is-the youngest female to win an Olympic gold medal in track & field. She was 15.

Barbara Jones Slater made history in running shoes, not speed skates, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
She was-and still is-the youngest female to win an Olympic gold medal in track & field. She was 15.